Commentary: What's Needed to Maintain and Extend Motivation for Literacy in the Middle Grades.

Oldfather, Penny

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ERIC Number: EJ498984

Record Type: CIJE

Publication Date: 1995

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Commentary: What's Needed to Maintain and Extend Motivation for Literacy in the Middle Grades.

Oldfather, Penny

Journal of Reading, v38 n6 p420-22 Mar 1995

Summarizes a key finding from a four-year longitudinal study of intrinsic motivation for literacy learning. Finds that this motivation may diminish as students move from elementary to middle grades and may be linked to fewer opportunities for self-expression in their learning environments. (SR)

Descriptors: Intermediate Grades, Junior High Schools, Learning Motivation, Literacy, Longitudinal Studies, Reading Research, Self Expression, Self Motivation, Student Attitudes, Student Motivation, Teacher Student Relationship

Publication Type: Reports - Research; Journal Articles

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Language: English

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